# lak
## English
### Adverb

lak (not comparable)
* Pronunciation spelling of like, representing African-American Vernacular English.

### Conjunction

lak
* Pronunciation spelling of like, representing African-American Vernacular English.

### Anagrams

* alk., Kal., ALK, alk, alk-, lka, LKA

## Albanian
### Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *laka (“bend, curve”). Cognate to Latin lax (“bait, lure, noose, slip”), laqueus (“cord, rope (as noose, slip)”).

### Noun

lak m
* chain (trap for wild animals)
* snare
* rope
* bow (of a musical instrument)
* mountain pass
* bend
* curve

#### Related terms

* lakoj
* lakim

#### Related terms

* lakth
* lajthi

### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lak”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 211

## Czech
### Etymology

Derived from French lacre (“sealing wax”), from Portuguese laca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlak]
* Hyphenation: lak
* Rhymes: -ak

### Noun

lak m inan
* lacquer

#### Related terms

* lakovat
* lakýrník

### Further reading

* “lak”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “lak”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “lak”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Etymology

From German Lack.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lak/, [lɑɡ̊]

### Noun

lak c or n (singular definite lakken or lakket, plural indefinite lakker, plural definite lakkerne)
* lacquer

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɑk/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: lak
* Rhymes: -ɑk

### Etymology 1

First occurring in the late 16th century. Probably borrowed from French laque, ultimately from Persian لاک (lâk), from Hindi लाख (lākh), from Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā).

#### Noun

lak m or f or n (plural lakken, diminutive lakje n)
* lacquer

##### Derived terms

* autolak
* haarlak
* lakken
* nagellak

##### Descendants

* → Papiamentu: lak, láker (dated)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

lak m or n (uncountable)
* foolery, foolishness, nonsense
** 1859, "Wijsgeerig A. B. C.: H. Huisbaas", Humoristisch Album, H. Nijgh, page 59.
    […] Wie om reparatie malen / Heeft hij spoedig in zijn zak; / Zelf zal hij er niet naar talen -- / Wat hij toezegt is slechts lak; / Er is niets van hem te halen, / Zelfs al zat men zonder dak.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* indifference (only in lak hebben aan)

##### Derived terms

* lak hebben aan

### Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch lac, from Old Dutch *lak, from Proto-West Germanic *lak, from Proto-Germanic *laką, *lakaz, related to Proto-Germanic *lak(k)ōną (“to blame, reproach”), from Proto-Indo-European *lok-néh₂-. See also Old Norse lakr (“lacking”), English lack.

#### Noun

lak m or n (plural lakken)
* (dialectal) defect, deficiency, shortcoming, blame, blemish

##### Related terms

* laken

### Etymology 4

From Middle Dutch lac, from Old Dutch *laka, from Proto-West Germanic *laku.

#### Noun

lak n (plural lakken)
* (archaic) lake
    Synonym: meer

### Anagrams

* alk, kal

## Hokkien

* For pronunciation and definitions of lak – see 落 (“to fall; to drop; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 落).

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *lakka (“cover, roof, shelter”), compare Finnish lakka and Estonian lakk.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlɒk]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: lak
* Rhymes: -ɒk

### Noun

lak (plural lakok)
* (archaic) habitation, abode, residence
* (poetic) dwelling
** 1843, Sándor Petőfi, Távolból (From a Distance), poem lines 1–2
    Kis lak áll a nagy Duna mentében; Oh mi drága e lakocska nékem!A small house stands along the big Danube; Oh how dear this tiny house is to me!
** 1872, Mór Jókai, Az arany ember (Timar’s Two Worlds), part 1, chapter 7, translated by Mrs. Hegan Kennard:
    Timár a rejtett tanya felé irányozta lépteit. A virágoskerten keresztül már látszott valami út, mely a lakhoz vezet, csakhogy azt is úgy belepte a fű, hogy a rajta járó lépése nem okozott dobajt; egész nesztelenül juthatott el a kis verandáig.Timar turned his steps toward the creeper-covered cottage. Through the flower-garden a path led to the house, but so covered with grass that his steps were not heard, and he could thus get as far as the little veranda quite noiselessly.

#### Declension

The possessive forms are now more common with j, those without it being archaic. See this reference site for the possessive declensions.

#### Derived terms

* lakik → lakályos, lakás, lakatlan, lakhatás, lakhatatlan, lakható, lakó, lakos, lakosság, lakott, lakozik, lakta
* lakocska
* lakberendezés, lakberendező
* lakbér
* lakcím
* lakház (archaic)
* lakhely
* lakosztály
* lakrész
* lakszoba (archaic)
* laktanya
* laktárs (archaic)
* lakváltoztatás (archaic)
* erdészlak
* kéjlak
* paplak
* remetelak
* úrlak (archaic)
* vadászlak
* várlak
* Abaújlak
* Acsalag (?< Acsa + lak)
* Alsóújlak
* Balatonszéplak
* Balatonújlak
* Csertalakos
* Farkaslaka
* Fertőszéplak
* Geresdlak
* Géderlak
* Illocska (< Újlak + -csa)
* Kacorlak
* Kaposújlak
* Kéttornyúlak
* Lak
* Lakhegy
* Magyarlak
* Mezőlak
* Mikosszéplak
* Nagylak
* Ormándlak
* Öreglak
* Pusztaottlaka
* Répcelak
* Rinyaújlak
* Stájerlakanina (< Stájerlak + Anina)
* Szamosújlak
* Szőlőskislak
* Tátraszéplak
* Vindornyalak
* Zalaújlak
* Zetelaka
* Zsáka (< Izsólaka)
* Zselickislak

### References

* ↑ Entry #451 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

### Further reading

* lak in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laːk/
* Rhymes: -aːk

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse lak, borrowed from Middle Low German laken, from Old Saxon lakan, from Proto-Germanic *lakaną.

#### Noun

lak n (genitive singular laks, nominative plural lök)
* sheet, bedsheet

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Verb

lak
* first/third-person singular past indicative of leka
    Vatnið lak úr vaskinum.The water leaked from the sink.

## Luo
### Noun

lak (plural lake)
* tooth

## Narua
### Etymology

Cognate with Garo jak (“hand”).

### Noun

lak
* hand

#### Derived terms

* lakbing
* lakching
* lakchu
* lakda
* lakpo
* laksin

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlak/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ak
* Syllabification: lak
* Homophone: lag

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Lack, from Italian lacca, from Arabic لَكّ (lakk).

#### Noun

lak m inan
* sealing wax
* dental sealant

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Lack, from Latin leucoium.

#### Noun

lak m inan
* wallflower (any plant of the genus Erysimum)

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

lak f
* genitive plural of laka

##### Derived terms

* lakowy

### Further reading

* lak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* lak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Rohingya
### Etymology

From Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa).

### Numeral

lak
* hundred thousand

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьgъkъ, from pre-Slavic *h₁ln̥gʷʰ-u-ko, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lâk/

#### Adjective

lȁk (Cyrillic spelling ла̏к, definite lȁkī, comparative lȁkšī)
* easy
* light

##### Related terms

* lȁgan

### Etymology 2

From German Lack, from Italian lacca.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lâk/

#### Noun

lȁk m (Cyrillic spelling ла̏к)
* lacquer

##### Derived terms

* (nail polish): lak za nokte

## Swedish
### Interjection

lak
* Alternative form of lakk

## Tat
### Etymology

Akin to the synonymous Judeo-Tat lok, Azerbaijani lək, Armenian լաք (lakʻ). See the Armenian entry for more.

### Noun

lak
* bed (in a garden)

### Further reading

* Грюнберг, А. Л. (1963) Язык североазербайджанских татов [The language of the North Azerbaijani Tats]‎ (in Russian), Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 179a, 182b
* Soltanov, A. K., Soltanov, M. C. (2013) “lak”, in Tati–türki, türki–tati lüğət [Tat–Azerbaijani, Azerbaijani–Tat Dictionary]‎, Baku: Qanun, page 108b

## Tyap
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /láɡ/

### Noun

lak
* refusal

### Verb

lak
* refuse

## Volapük
### Noun

lak (nominative plural laks)
* lake

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only

## Walloon
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin lacus, from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lak/

### Noun

lak m (plural laks)
* lake
    Synonym: laetche